ADC Vows to Remain in 2027 Race Despite Court Setback

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has insisted it would take part within the 2027 normal election regardless of a Federal High Court ruling that nullified the get together management underneath which its candidates emerged.

Speaking throughout an interview on ARISE NEWS, ADC Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated the get together would problem the judgment by means of authorized channels and stay dedicated to democratic processes.

Ologbondiyan criticised the ruling delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, arguing that it contradicted an earlier judgment by Justice Musa Liman regarding the get together’s management dispute. He warned that conflicting choices from judges of the identical courtroom might erode public confidence within the judiciary.

According to him, the get together believes the judgment was aimed toward disrupting its rising political momentum, significantly after a current rally in Sokoto State. He claimed the ADC’s marketing campaign actions, together with what he described as a big turnout on the Sokoto occasion and a renewed street-level mobilisation technique, had unsettled political opponents.

“Those who say the ADC has rattled the presidency are speaking the truth,” Ologbondiyan stated, sustaining that efforts to hinder the get together’s actions wouldn’t reach excluding it from the electoral course of.

The ADC spokesman additionally questioned how an earlier ruling that allegedly affirmed the legitimacy of the get together’s management was not given ample consideration within the newest proceedings. He accused the courtroom of disregarding related authorized precedents and expressed concern over what he described as inconsistencies within the judicial course of.

Addressing the get together’s try to have Justice Lifu step apart from the case, Ologbondiyan stated the ADC had petitioned the Chief Judge and argued that it now not had confidence within the courtroom’s dealing with of the matter. However, the courtroom dismissed the applying, citing an absence of advantage and supporting proof.

He additional raised issues concerning the circumstances surrounding the emergence of the get together’s management, alleging contradictions within the actions and testimonies of some people concerned within the course of.

Despite the courtroom ruling, Ologbondiyan reiterated that the ADC would pursue all accessible authorized treatments whereas remaining dedicated to peace and stability.

“We will definitely follow the legal process,” he stated, including that many supporters throughout the nation had sought clarification on the get together’s subsequent steps following the judgment.

The management disaster stems from a go well with filed by former ADC Deputy National Chairman Nafiu Bala Gombe, who challenged the method by means of which former Senate President David Mark and different get together officers assumed workplace.

On November 5, 2026, Justice Peter Lifu dominated in opposition to the David Mark-led management and invalidated choices taken underneath it, together with the method that produced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar because the ADC’s presidential candidate.

The get together, nonetheless, maintains that an earlier judgment delivered by Justice Musa Liman on July 2, 2026, upheld the legitimacy of the present management and says it would enchantment the newest ruling.

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